Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-03
BUTTE, MONTANA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBE g. 1887.
and reported the bill favorably. Recess
was then taken until 2 O'Clock.

and reported the bill favorably. Recess
was then taken until 9 o'clock.
At THE AFTERNOON SESSION
the first business was the consideration o.
the Council resolution that after 10 q. m
Saturday no new bills be introduced. After
debate on the matter the resolution Wal
laid on the table. Mantle gave notice that
he would introduce an amendment to the
general incorporation act. The Com
mittee on Judiciary reported, with slight
amendments, the bill to create the Office ol
Attorney General, the only material change
being reduction of the salary from s., ,000
to $4,000. The bill was then placed on
general orders. An invitation to the legis.
lature, together with state, county and
city officials, to attend an excursion to the
Gate of the Mountains on the steamer Rose
Of Helena was talked over. Amessage was
received suggesting that thelegislature take
some action to have the Territory properly
represented at the celebration at Philadel-
phia September Is. 16 and II and made
the special order for tomorrow at 8 o'clock.
A recess was then taken until seven in the
even;l.g.
THE EVENING SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
The House reassembled at z o'clock and
went into Committee OF the
whole on the Mantle bill, House bill No.
3. to amend the Fee bill which fixed the
fees OF Sheriffs and County Recorders. The
bill straightens out certain ambiguous
phrases in the original bill. with the excep-
ton, that is to reduce the fees for recording
location notices from 81 to 81. The bill
was considered and reported favora5ly and
placed on the general orders. The bill
creating the Office of Attorney-Generalw was
then considered by the Committee OF the
whole, and the amendments as given above
were agreed to and the bill reported to the
House. Adjourned.
THE COUNCIL MET AT THE USUAL HOUR
and Waters, of Dawson and Yellowstone,
for the first time answered roll call. Suth-
erlin gave notice Of bill to protect the
breeders of livestock Burleigh introduced
a bill to repeal the gopher law. Hundley,
from the special committee, reported the
Cascade county bill with certain amend
ments. The amendments change the bound
aries of the proposed counties slightly, and
also makes one or two alterations in the
pei s,:nnel of the proposed temporary Off
GERS. The report was received and adopted.
The resolution by Collins was adopted,
that no new bills should be received after
10 a. m. Saturday, September Sd. The
Council went into committee OF the whole,
Kennedy in the chair.
THE RICHARDS BILL,
to punish interference with railroad tracks,
was considered amended and reported for
passage. The bill apportioning the Council
in the counties of Meagher
and Fergus, Gallatin and Park was amend
ed so as to take effect November 1, 1883,
and recommended for passage. The bill to
:reate the county OF Cascade was then
,aken up. Richards opposed the measure,
nasmuch as no one had had an opportu.
,ity to examine the bill. He was not in
mical to the proposition, but wanted an
to fairly judge OF its merits.
COLLINS, THE INsRoDUcroR OF THE BILL,
made lengthy speech in which he asked
hat, as there was no provision for the
printing of bills, it should be considered
sstin.,- -hu aection and amended as mem !
,ers saw fit. He promised that alter IL
lad been duly amended in Committee OF
he whole, he would have the amended
,ill printed at his own expense. Incidental
10 his remarks, Mr.. Collins submitted peti-
ions for the change from the residents OF
he various sections of the sew veral coun-
lies affected, each being accompanied with
he affidavit OF the canvasser, who had Sc
ured the signatures, that they were genu-
ne. Hundley, OF Lewis and Clarke, and
of Meagher, each made speeches.
he former being non-committal and the
after favoring the bill. Finally the bill,
Is amended, was recommended to the
;ouncil for passage.
THERE WAS A GRAND KICK
because the laws of the last session had not
ret been printed, Sutherlin and Burleigh
made the complaints for the alleged
eason that it is impossible to legislate in
diligently on any matter in which there
ire so many and important diverse inter.
SITS without having copy OF the proposed
aw in order that each member can follow
ts intricacies. This was a curious charge
N the part of members of the Council, in
he face of the fact that yesterday that
,ody defeated House resolution to have
Ill bills printed and making an appropria-
ion therefore.
The Other Side.
| CARD FROM JERRY COLLINS ON COUNTY d.